Art. 246

Any person who forges or falsifies an official mark which the authorities affix to an object to confirm the result of an inspection or the granting of approval such as hallmarks, or marks stamped on goods by meat inspectors, marks stamped by the Federal Office for Customs and Border Security, with the intention of passing the mark off as genuine,

any person who passes off such forged or falsified marks as genuine or non-falsified,

shall be liable to a custodial sentence not exceeding five years or to a monetary penalty.